ELA+Kindergarten+Lesson+21

Topic: Friendship

Common Core Standards

RL.K.3-- With prompting and support identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. RLK.6-- With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. RF.K.3b-- Associate the long and short sounds with common (graphemes) for the five major vowels. RF.K.3c-- Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to. you, she. my. is, are, do. does). RF.K.3d-- Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. L.K.Ia-- Print many upper- and lowercase letters. L.K.Ib-- Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. LK.2d-- Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Suggested Student Objectives
 * Listen how a story is read for expression
 * Identify words that begin with /o/
 * Write the letter Oo
 * Learn and use this weeks high frequency words: make, play
 * Use the pronouns: he, she, and, we correctly
 * Understand characters

Suggested Additional Readings

Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown Hello my Name is Bob by Linas Alsenas Gilbert the Great by Jane Clarke Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle

Resource Links

BrainPopJr: Friends A Weekend With Wendell TumbleBooks:Enemy Pie TumbleBooks: Enemy Pie Verb Word Wack BookFlix: Lets Be Friends

Activities

1. Friends: Like To, Are, Can __ Materials: __ __ Description: __
 * Crayons
 * Pencil
 * Heart Cutouts :[[file:Friends-like to, are, can.doc]]
 * After reading a friendship fictional story students will discuss what friends like to do, what friends are, and what friends can do.
 * Each student will complete a heart dictating/writing what friends can do, what friends are, and what friends can do.
 * This can make a wonderful bulletin board display. Make sure to section the board into the headings. Main heading: Friends and Sub Headings: Like to, Are, Can

2. Characters in Fiction __Materials:__ __Description:__
 * Pencil
 * Read Aloud Book: Chester's Way OR Weekend with Wendell
 * Worksheet: [[file:Character.doc]]
 * Prior to reading discuss that a character is an important person in story.
 * Read story aloud.
 * After the story review the the class who were the characters in the story.
 * Explain worksheet and students will write their name, story title, author, and who the characters were in the story.

Assessments 1. Students will be able to identify story characters 2. Students will be able to identify positive attributes for a friend

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